Handle for sad-irons.



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UNITED ST TES Patented June '7, 1904;

PATENT 1 OFFICE. i

CARL WINTER, OF, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO J. HEINSFURTER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HANDLE FOR SAD-IRONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 761,741, dated June 7, 1904. Application filed July 9, 1903. Serial No. 164,791. (No model.) I

of. the United States, residing at Chicago, in.

the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have v invented certain new and useful Improvements in Handles for Sad-Irons, of which thefollowing is a specification.

y The object of my invention is to construct a handle which will not only clamp so that the iron cannot drop, but which when clamped will hold so firmly that the iron and handle are as solid as if constructed in one piece. At the same time it. can be loosened with a very slight movement.

My invention has for its further object to attain the foregoing in such a manner as to allow the handle to be constructed as inexpensively as any now on the market.

My method of attaining these results will be better understood by having reference to the accompanying drawings, which are apart of this specification and are hereunto annexed, in which-' Figure 1 is a side elevation of the iron and handle, partly broken away to show the operation of the clamp. Fig. 2 is an end viewof the same. Fig. 3 is a bottom view of the plate. In Figs. 1 and 2 the body of the iron is shown below and slightly separated from the handle-plate, the handle-plate being in a position that it occupies at one time of the operation of fastening the handle to the body. The dotted lines beneath the handle-plate show the position that the body occupies when the handle is fully secured to the body.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the description.

- In the drawings, A is asad-iron of the ordinary construction having a depression a in its center and a bar a crossing the said depression to furnish means by which to clamp the handle to the iron. A handle a is constructed of wood in the usual manner and has an iron plate a attached to its ends by screws a. This plate is constructed with ribs a eX- tending along its sides, the edge of the ribs furnishing a bearing for the handle and leaving a passage between the iron A and the plate a, through which the air passes as the iron is pushed forward and back by the user, 5 thus keeping the handle comparatively cold.

-Tl1is plate a has a rectangular opening near 1t center, and depending downwardly from each side thereof are arms a, which serve as bearings for the pm (0 Mounted and swmg- 5 5 ing upon this pin is the clamp a the lower end of which terminates in a hook b, the inside of this hook corresponding in shape to the rod a of the iron. Mounted upon the back of the clam a is a flat s rin 5 having its lower end formed into a circle 6 which fits in a depression in the back of the clamp a the upper part of the spring being secured in place by a pin or screw 6 It is sometimes desirable to put an insulating button, of wood or other material, on the part of the clamp operated by the fingers in case the clamp becomes hot.

The operation of the device is as follows: The clamp a is inserted in the opening a in 7 the iron A so that the hook't is below the bar a. The clamp a is then swung upon the pin a causing the clamp to assume the position indicated by the dotted lines, Fig. 1, the hook b. engaging the bar a and drawing the ribs a of the plate a downward upon the iron. The swinging of the clamp a brings the circular end 6 of the springZ) in contact with the end of the rectangular opening in the plate a compressing the spring and causing it to assume the position indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 1, at which time it is exerting a constant pressure against the bar a through the hook I) and holds the iron absolutely rigid. At the same time a slight pressure upon the clamp 8 5 a is sufficient to loosen it and release the handle.

Having described my invention, what I regard as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is 9 1. In a device of the character described, the combination of a handle, a plate having ribs at each side and a rectangular opening near its center, means for attaching said plate to said handle, arms depending downwardly from each side of said opening, a pin journaled in said arms, a clamp mounted and swinging on said pin, the lower end of said clamp terminating in a hook, said clamp having a depression at its back and a flat spring mounted therein and means to hold said spring in position, said spring ending in a circular end to engage the end wall of the rectangular opening to hold said clamp in engagement with the cross-bar of a sad-iron, for the purpose set forthsubstantially as described.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination of a handle, a plate having an opening at or near its center, arms depending downwardly from the sides of said opening, means to attach said plate to said handle, a clamp mounted between the said arms, swinging upon a pin having its ends bearing in the downwardly-depending arms, and a spring mounted at the back of said clamp in such position as to cause it to engage the end wall of the opening in the plate in such a way as to hold the clamp rigidly when swung back upon the pin, for the purpose set forth substantially as described.

' 3. lnadeviee of the character described, the combination of a handle, a plate having an opening at or near its center, arms depending downwardly from the sides of said opening, means to attach said plate to said handle, a clamp whose lower end terminates in a hook mounted between the said arms and swinging upon a pin having its ends bearing in the downwardlydepending arms and a spring mounted at the back of said clamp in such a position as to cause it to engage the end wall of the opening in the plate in such a way as to hold the clamp rigidly when swung back on the pin, for the purpose set forth substantially as described.

4. In a device of the characterdescribed, the combination of a handle, a plate having an opening at or near its center, arms extending downwardly from the sides of said opening, ribs extending along the sides of said plate to permit air to pass between the plate and the iron when in use, means to attach said plate to said handle, a clamp whose lower end terminates in a hook mounted between the said arms and swinging upon a pin having its ends bearing in the downwardly-depcnding arms, and a spring mounted at the back of said clamp in such a position as to cause it to engage the end wall of the opening in the plate in such a way as to hold the clamp rigidly when swung back upon the pin, for the purpose set forth substantially as described.

CARL \V INTER.

Witnesses:

G. L. ANDREWS, A. L. BUCHANAN. 

